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| Multimillion Diamond Heist at Brussels Airport |
| 2013-02-20 |
| [ONLINE.WSJ] Heavily armed robbers broke into the national airport here and stole more than 120 packages of diamonds from a Swiss-bound flight Monday night, in one of Europe's most brazen and valuable tarmac holdups in a decade, Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday. I seen dis movie! Shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, two black vehicles with blue lights resembling police transport pulled up to a Helvetic Airways Fokker 100 jet plane, operating for Swiss International Air Lines, that had just been loaded, according to Belgian prosecutor Ine Van Wymersch and other people familiar with the events. The mastermind, he's George Clooney. Or maybe it's Jean-Paul Belmondo... Eight masked men with machine guns held the ground staff, crew and passengers at gunpoint as they forced security workers to open the plane's cargo door. The men selectively removed at least 120 packets of diamonds, Ms. Van Wymersch said. The vehicles then sped away. No shots were fired and nobody was hurt in the theft, she said. But his second in command, see, he's the bad guy. He plans on killing all the other guys and jacking the whole swag for himself. Ms. Van Wymersch declined to place a value on the stolen gems. Another person familiar with the events said the jewels are worth at least $350 million. And he's gonna keep the babe for himself, too. That's Julia Roberts, or maybe it's one of those Frenchie babes. I forget. "It was well-prepared and very professional," said Ms. Van Wymersch. "The whole operation took just a few minutes." And they got this guy, he's an expert with diamonds and stuff, and he's the comic relief... One vehicle was later found thoroughly burned and "was probably used" in the theft, Ms. Van Wymersch said. "At this stage of the investigation, everything is still possible." All the guys in the gang but George Clooney and the comic relief guy are cinders in the truck. Or Alain Delon, maybe it was. I forget. And the bad guy. He's not a cinder. A Swiss spokeswoman declined to comment, referring questions to Belgian prosecutors. A spokesman for Brussels Airport couldn't immediately be contacted. Yeah, you gotta see when their car's bein' chased by this helicopter... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I wonder where they think they're going to sell them. De Beers will have snuffies hunting them without mercy. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2013-02-20 20:33 |
| #2 Big loss for Brinks and the insurance companies. Very slick operation. They could solve this whole caper ... if they could just find out who drycleaned the tux for George Clooney. :-) |
| Posted by: Raider 2013-02-20 16:34 |
| #1 And he's gonna keep the babe for himself, too. That's Julia Roberts, or maybe it's one of those Frenchie babes. I forget. I'm holding out for Charlize Theron in a Mini-Cooper. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-02-20 08:34 |